had been sneering
- past perfect progressive of sneer.
Example Sentences
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Reporters would gather before Apple press conferences and trade stories about how in some interview he had been sneering or dismissive or loose with the facts.
From Inc ● Oct. 5, 2011
Admiring that dress, which she had been sneering at to your mother, don’t you remember?
From The Three Brides by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
